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Who Killed Spongebob 2
Life After Death
Chapter 3
The Smartest Man

The detective had been driving for awhile seeing nothing but desert for miles "aw hell"
he said to himself convinced that he was lost and grabbed the radio to contact central "hey central you sure this is the right way"
"one moment detective"
a woman responded followed by a squak of static. "According to are information you'll be their any minute"
there was another squak of static and the line was silent " if you say so...holy shit"
he saying to himself when suddenly he slammed on the breaks. The car screached to a halt with dust cloud surrounding the car but just as quickly disappearing revealing a homeless man a few inches in fron of the car. "You crazy son of bitch, could have gotten yourself killed"
the detective screamed at the homeless man who just looked at the detective and shook his heathen continued on his way. The detective just sighed in anger and noticed three houses to his right "would you look at that"
he then turned to his left to thank the homeless man for forcing him to stop but the man had disappeared. Confused and slightly frightened the detective pulled up to the house on the far left, he then got out of the car and walked up to the house "so...the smartest man in the sea lives...under a rock"
he was confused by what he was seeing and decided to take a shot in the dark.

He knocked on the rock and the ground around started to shake as the rocke began to hing open revealing stairs that lead to an elevator "okay"
he said as he slowly made his way down the stairs. When he made it to the last step a ring sound came from the elevator and the doors opened to reveal Patrick standing in the middle of the elevator "Mr. Star?"
"Please call me Patrick, I was expecting you detective"
Patrick responded to the detective question then motioned for the detective to join him on the elevator with the doors closing right behind the detective "so you know why I'm here"
"not in the slightest, I have a friend in the department who mentioned you would be stopping by but didn't mention why"
Patrick replied to the detectives question pressing the button for the elevator to go down. The detective couldn't find the words to say when the elevator ringed again and the doors opened to reveal a large room filled with machinery and gadgets "follow me wil youl"
Patrick said as he exited the elevator with the detective closely behind and went to a room just left of the larger room. The smaller room looked like someone's ultimate man cave as Patrick sat down at a couch the detective sitting across from him "listen Patrick do you know a Mr. Krabs"
the detective asked as he pulled his notepad " yes, we were old friends"
Patrick replied as a robot arm descended from the ceiling and handed him a coffee mug. "I don't really know how to put this but... he was found dead this morning"
Patrick paused just as he was about to drink his coffee then sat it down on the table in front of him but didn't respond to the detectives statement.

Their was an uneasy silence between the two as Patrick continued to stare at his coffee "um... Mr. Star"
Patrick the snapped out of his daze "oh sorry...um...you see their was a incident a few years ago that involved Mr. Krabs, me and some others."
Patrick the re-entered his daze when the detective snapped his fingers in front of Patrick snapping him back out "sorry detective I have another appointment you'll need to leave"
"but about..."
"sir I invited you into my home now I'm asking you nicely to leave"
Patrick interrupted the detective who he was leading back to the elevator. "you're hiding something..."
"sir I asked politely now I'm demanding, leave my home"
the detective didn't reply he just entered the elevator when it arrived and rode it back to the surface. Patrick then walked back to the smaller room and sat back down in his original spot "I've been fearing this day"
Patrick said as he rubbed his eyes "do you think he suspects anything"
a voice replied to Patrick "yes"
"then we'll need to bring him in on this but first their are things that need are attention"

TO BE CONTINUED...